GENERAL INVITATIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 11

GENERAL INVITATIONS.

; •' -the ■ pitfalls . of; f riendßhip is '-.',the standing invitation. - Itjs easy'aud'-plcasaht to. say :■ Vpome whenever you -like; my dear I •V'o shall- bo-.delighted to see : -,ydu ;at.■ any■'iimo; don't stand on ceremony—come when-: *>ver you are this way."' But lei,those who :eceivo such invitations'.beware. It stands ;o. reason, that; : an unexpected visit cannot always be Convenient. The hostess is in the midst of something or other and "not fit'-'to-be seen'." Or her husband has rushedi home to tako her out somewhere, 1 and ,sho would rather-go .than stay >;at, home-, arid-entertain her,dearest friend.' Or .the luncheon or the dinner is;;a\ makeshift—very nice, so farTas the family',is concerned,,but not; exactly suitablo"'to' set visitors. The-hostess. tries to bo'nice, ;butj can't'help/showing her yexa« tioh' or embarrassment;' ;■■, The guest perceives something.indefinable' in. the' atmosphere' and : is";accordingly con'straihed and everyno is' uncomfortable. Yet people .-still''go on giving and. accepting'standing'-invitations.. ,''■':

A committee of.'Englishwomen : has been the'purposo of .co-operating with of Frenchwomen of. letters, in the project'-for'erccting'a statue, in Paris to the honour of Jlme. do Stael.:-;•;.;•.. ■■ '....'/■'■ !